Two days later, the chief officer of Jianghu Tong in Tianfeng Province, Zeng Wentao, announced his "abdication," handing over his position to Fu Mingcheng.

This news caused a massive upheaval in the Jianghu Tong circle. First, the high-ranking officials of Jianghu Tong sent messages inquiring about the specific reason, and some even attempted to intervene in Tianfeng Province, trying to bring the Jianghu Tong branch there under their control.

Fu Mingcheng faced numerous obstacles, the biggest of which were doubts from other high-ranking members of Jianghu Tong.

Although Fu Mingcheng's reputation had recently skyrocketed within Jianghu Tong, these top members did not believe that an "ordinary member" was qualified to become one of the leaders of Jianghu Tong.

However, when Fu Mingcheng presented resources from Lu Yu, these doubts and oppositions were quickly silenced. Even those high-ranking members who were friendly with Zeng Wentao remained silent.

Fu Mingcheng, armed with the high-grade spiritual weapons from Lu Yu, met with the top officials of Jianghu Tong and promised to continuously supply high-grade spiritual weapons, spiritual armor, and spiritual treasures to Jianghu Tong in the future.

The leaders of Jianghu Tong were shocked by the news Fu Mingcheng brought, and those high-ranking officials who were secretly coveting, also extinguished their desires upon seeing a Core Formation Realm strong person accompanying Fu Mingcheng.

Calming down to seriously discuss cooperation details with Fu Mingcheng, they finally reached an agreement: each region under a high-ranking member's responsibility would receive at least one high-grade item per month.

After the negotiations ended, the turmoil within Jianghu Tong settled down, but tensions among the lower members were escalating, especially those who had spoken "boldly" against Fu Mingcheng. They were worried, fearing that Fu Mingcheng would hold grudges and cause trouble for them.

In these few days, Fu Mingcheng often received friend requests from others, which he mostly ignored, except for a few he accepted in person. He rejected all friend requests from unknown individuals.

Lu Yu sat in his courtyard in Beifeng City, not far from the former Jianghu Tong leader, Zeng Wentao, who looked at Lu Yu with fear in his eyes. This person in front of him was like a demon, terrifyingly powerful.

Upon receiving news of the Seven-Colored Glazed Tower, an ultimate spiritual treasure unearthed from the ruins outside Dongyu City, Zeng Wentao had confirmed through multiple channels before leaving Beihai Academy.

But he didn't expect that even so, he would still be captured by Lu Yu in front of many strong individuals.

The Martial Cultivators he hired, at the ninth level of the Qi Sea Realm, couldn't even stop Lu Yu's advance, being knocked down with a few punches. The sixth-grade spiritual treasure for his protection turned to ash under Lu Yu's fist.

Realizing he couldn't resist, Zeng Wentao considered logging off to escape, but to his surprise, this man was actually a player, making all his plans futile.

Looking at Lu Yu, he hesitantly said, "Um... I haven't logged off for three days; can I log off to eat something?"

Lu Yu glanced at him casually, nodded, and said nothing.

Seeing Lu Yu nod, Zeng Wentao sighed in relief and prepared to log off.

This was a safe zone; no warning popped up for Zeng Wentao when logging off. Just as he was about to exit the game, he used a spiritual treasure from his bag, instantly triggering a blood-red warning popup.

Zeng Wentao ignored the warning, decisively confirmed the action, used the spiritual treasure, and logged off.

His body disappeared from Lu Yu's senses. At the moment of disappearance, Lu Yu sharply detected a slight and almost imperceptible spatial fluctuation.

Lu Yu looked up to where Zeng Wentao had disappeared and asked, "What was that spatial fluctuation just now?"

...

Shortly after, Fu Mingcheng returned to the courtyard, finding only Lu Yu in the living room. He was somewhat puzzled, "Where is Zeng Wentao?"

"Logged off... he might have already escaped," Lu Yu replied.

"Escaped?" Fu Mingcheng was slightly confused. When Lu Yu had brought Zeng Wentao back to Beifeng City, Zeng Wentao didn't dare resist. How could he escape right under Lu Yu's nose?

But none of that mattered anymore, Fu Mingcheng thought excitedly.

Having Lu Yu as a backer, he had become a high-ranking member of Jianghu Tong. Other top members were eager to get the resources he had, hinting both overtly and covertly.

But he wouldn't forget that these things were brought to him by Lu Yu. Without Lu Yu, he was nothing.

He was a very smart person and wouldn't lose the greater for the lesser.

For now, he still needed Lu Yu's support to establish himself firmly within Jianghu Tong. Fu Mingcheng was also striving to eventually stand firmly on his own.

"I've already mentioned the Iron Tomb matter to others, and Number 3 said he would send the best interrogators under him to handle it. At that time, Jianghu Tong will mobilize all its power to search for clues about Iron Tomb," Fu Mingcheng said.

During the negotiations with others, he hadn't forgotten about this matter. It was precisely because Lu Yu wished to utilize the entire Jianghu Tong intelligence network that he had climbed higher to better serve Lu Yu.

"Hmm, this matter should be expedited," Lu Yu said.

After saying that, Lu Yu got up to leave, turning to Fu Mingcheng before departing, "I've had someone bring those three to the room next door; they're all tied to that pillar."

The players were tied to the pillar for easy location after they vanished upon logging off.

Of course, in the current situation, no one dared to casually log off. Zhang Liang, Lu Hongwei, and Li Zhiqing were all staying dutifully in the game.

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